Michelle Dean (born 1979) is an author and freelance journalist and critic from Canada.

Early life and education

Dean received a bachelor of arts degree in history from McGill University in 2002 and a law degree in 2005. She worked at

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from 2005 to 2010. She received a master's degree in Law from the University of Toronto in 2011.

Career

Her work has appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''Literary Review Canada''. Her first book, ''Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion'', was published by

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in 2018. She is also the co-creator and executive producer of the Hulu series ''The Act''. The show was based on Dean's reporting.

Awards

Dean was honored in 2016 with the

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's Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing.

Personal life

She currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

References

External links

WorldCat bibliography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dean, Michelle 1979 births Living people Canadian women journalists McGill University Faculty of Law alumni Canadian women non-fiction writers University of Toronto alumni 21st-century Canadian journalists The New Yorker people Writers from New York (state)